In 2015 volume of trades on KASE increased 2 times and made up KZT92.0 trln ($429.6 bn)

/KASE, January 8, 16/ – In 2015 the volume of trades on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) in all market sectors made up KZT91,971.8 bn (equivalent of USD429,623.9 mln) and increased against the similar period of 2014 2.0 times (1.6 times in dollar terms). The table below shows the trades volume (calculated by amounts raised) for 2015 by market sector and comparison with indicators of the same period of 2014. --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- 2015 2014 Trend ----------------- ----------------- ------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Exchange market trades struc- trades struc- measuring in % sector volume ture, % volume ture, % currency --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- bn KZT --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Foreign currency 66,202.3 72.0 33,770.2 72.3 +32,432.0 +96.0 including: spot-market 12,438.8 13.5 16,026.0 34.3 -3,587.2 -22.4 swap-market 53,763.5 58.5 17,744.2 38.0 +36,019.2 +203.0 Kazakhstan GS 427.7 0.5 1,027.9 2.2 -600.2 -58.4 including: primary market 419.6 0.5 827.5 1.8 -407.9 -49.3 secondary market 8.2 <0.1 200.4 0.4 -192.3 -95.9 Shares 899.6 1.0 174.1 0.4 +725.5 +416.8 Corporate debt 1,228.5 1.3 448.6 1.0 +780.0 +173.9 securities Repo transactions: 23,213.5 25.2 11,230.6 24.1 +11,982.9 +106.7 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0.1 <0.1 -0.1 -100.0 autorepo on GS 23,130.6 25.1 10,999.5 23.6 +12,131.2 +110.3 "nego" repo on CS 7.0 <0.1 1.8 <0.1 +5.3 +293.6 autorepo on CS 75.8 0.1 229.2 0.5 -153.4 -66.9 Investment funds securities 0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 +0.1 +1,373.2 IFO bonds 0 0 40.1 0.1 -40.1 -100.0 Futures 0 0 1.3 <0.1 -1.3 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- TOTAL trades volume 91,971.8 100.0 46,692.8 100.0 +45,278.9 +97.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- mln USD --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- Foreign currency 312,812.5 72.8 188,295.8 72.3 +124,516.7 +66.1 including: spot-market 56,182.5 13.1 89,391.9 34.3 -33,209.4 -37.2 swap-market 256,630.0 59.7 98,903.9 38.0 +157,726.1 +159.5 Kazakhstan GS 2,256.6 0.5 5,713.0 2.2 -3,456.4 -60.5 including: primary market 2,215.3 0.5 4,601.4 1.8 -2,386.1 -51.9 secondary market 41.3 <0.1 1,111.6 0.4 -1,070.3 -96.3 Shares 4,737.4 1.1 961.1 0.4 +3,776.3 +392.9 Corporate debt 5,612.7 1.3 2,488.3 1.0 +3,124.4 +125.6 securities Repo transactions: 104,204.3 24.3 62,754.2 24.1 +41,450.1 +66.1 including: "nego" repo on GS 0 0 0.6 <0.1 -0.6 -100.0 autorepo on GS 103,855.5 24.2 61,466.4 23.6 +42,389.0 +69.0 "nego" repo on CS 26.2 <0.1 9.8 <0.1 +16.4 +167.2 autorepo on CS 322.5 0.1 1,277.3 0.5 -954.8 -74.7 Investment funds securities 0.5 <0.1 0.1 <0.1 +0.4 +675.5 IFO bonds 0 0 220.5 0.1 -220.5 -100.0 Futures 0 0 8.2 <0.1 -8.2 -100.0 --------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ---------- -------- TOTAL trades volume 429,623.9 100.0 260,441.1 100.0 +169,182.8 +65.0 --------------------------------------------- ----------------- ------------------- Notes to table: GS – government serial securities; UIT – Unit Investment Fund, CS – corporate serial securities; corporate debt CS – corporate serial debt securities; "direct" repo – repo transactions carried out by "direct" method (with conclusion of direct opening and closing repo deals); auto repo – repo transactions carried out automatically; "n/t" – no trade was held. The trade volume is calculated on all executed exchange deals, concluded by any possible KASE trade method. [2016-01-08]